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tom watson went to step further saying this about murdoch's media empire. these people corrupted our country they will show you minako these fools i'm not paula means they don't lead in cheats it but my old impled it's and we should all be a show you do and we think before the facade loam everybody in the world knows who is responsible for the room to interview school rupert murdoch more than any individual he used to. mow really the deeds on his he paid the public what he called the chewed it is his company his coach his people his business his faith yes his lawyers his crimes the promise of profits and his power but while murdoch is shamed in the u.k. here in the united states as crown jewel box so-called news is still the most powerful cable network news network in our nation and here the list of distortions coming out of fox so-called news and journalistically inappropriate behavior by rupert murdoch's men's goes on and on are the leaked memos discovered by media matters show fox news executives instructed anchors to purposefully distort stories on clim
tom watson went to step further saying this about murdoch's media empire. these people corrupted our country they will show you minako these fools i'm not paula means they don't lead in cheats it but my old impled it's and we should all be a show you do and we think before the facade loam everybody in the world knows who is responsible for the room to interview school rupert murdoch more than any individual he used to. mow really the deeds on his he paid the public what he called the chewed it...
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candidate sarah palin all were paid by rupert murdoch to be fox news contributors x. news is not news it's the megaphone for the republican party and the impact of this network is real a study released last year by the farley dickens' and university on the fox news viewers are less informed about the real issues that this nation faces than people who don't watch any news at all and study really. the previous year by the university of maryland found the fox news viewers are far more likely to believe false political information for example they found that fox viewers were thirty points more likely to believe the climate change is a hoax fourteen points more likely to believe their taxes have gone up even though president obama has pretty much only cut taxes on everyone twelve points more likely to believe the stimulus package actually causes job losses rather than creating the millions of jobs that the c b a and nearly every other nonpartisan economist has pointed out and fox news viewers are more third thirty one points more likely to believe president obama wasn't bo
candidate sarah palin all were paid by rupert murdoch to be fox news contributors x. news is not news it's the megaphone for the republican party and the impact of this network is real a study released last year by the farley dickens' and university on the fox news viewers are less informed about the real issues that this nation faces than people who don't watch any news at all and study really. the previous year by the university of maryland found the fox news viewers are far more likely to...
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hacking at murdoch's news of the world tabloid. michael, this report is really damming here. referring to murdoch, investigators say i'm quoting here, he turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications. this culture we consider permeated from the top and speaks volumes about the lack of effective corporate governance at news corporation and news international. what does this mean for murdoch now? >> after 50 years in the business a bit of a slap in the face. it was far more damming than a lot of people expected from this committee. interesting, the line about not a fit and proper person to run a major company. that did come from the labor side of this committee. there was a little bit of along party lines when it came to that one line. but the general report itself is damming enough. one of the big questions now being asked is whether -- remember, british sky broadcasting that rupert murdoch has 39% of going for the entire company recently, he backed off doing that because o
hacking at murdoch's news of the world tabloid. michael, this report is really damming here. referring to murdoch, investigators say i'm quoting here, he turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications. this culture we consider permeated from the top and speaks volumes about the lack of effective corporate governance at news corporation and news international. what does this mean for murdoch now? >> after 50 years in the business a...
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rupert murdoch not a fit person. fit is a key word because at the moment, the uk's version of the fcc is evaluating whether news corp is a fit and proper owner of bskyb. so if uk politicians are recommending rupert is not a fit person to run the company, that could have implications from what we see and whether news corp is allowed to own bskyb. secondly, willful carries a hint of sbenintent. >> so from the corporate perspective, we'll watch what happens to the stock today. with a are the possibilities? >> a little bit above my pay grade, but -- >> go worst case. >> worst case scenario is clays ca chase carey is running the company in a few weeks time. we're also expecting the report from the internal management and standards committee sometime toward the end of may. that keeps getting pushed back and they'll want to come out very heavy handed. tell's want to show that they're acting independently, not acting in alliance with news corp's -- >> but could for example they be forcedbskyb? >> i think it's a real politica
rupert murdoch not a fit person. fit is a key word because at the moment, the uk's version of the fcc is evaluating whether news corp is a fit and proper owner of bskyb. so if uk politicians are recommending rupert is not a fit person to run the company, that could have implications from what we see and whether news corp is allowed to own bskyb. secondly, willful carries a hint of sbenintent. >> so from the corporate perspective, we'll watch what happens to the stock today. with a are the...
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murdoch. >> reporter: blair went on to say that his friendship with murdoch didn't really develop until after he left office, and that he never would have agreed to be the godfather to murdoch's child if he had still been prime minister. tamron? >> all right. stephanie, thank you very much. >>> and if you are firing up the grill today, be careful about what you bite into. listen carefully. a new jersey man went to the hospital this week thinking he had appendicitis. but doctors discovered he'd actually swallowed the metal bristle from a grill cleaning brush while eating a steak. it lodged in his intestines. he actually had to have surgery. you can see he's walking around okay. let that be a lesson to all of us. >>> a spectacular fireworks show capped a day of festivities marking the 75th anniversary of san francisco's golden gate bridge more than 2 billion vehicles have crossed the span since it opened in 1937. >>> and did you see it? an exciting finish at dario franchitti won his third indianapolis 500. sato made a move for the lead, even pulled even but crashed on that final lap. yes,
murdoch. >> reporter: blair went on to say that his friendship with murdoch didn't really develop until after he left office, and that he never would have agreed to be the godfather to murdoch's child if he had still been prime minister. tamron? >> all right. stephanie, thank you very much. >>> and if you are firing up the grill today, be careful about what you bite into. listen carefully. a new jersey man went to the hospital this week thinking he had appendicitis. but...
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. >> actually we did a presentation, which i thank richard murdoch, the man who beach richard lugger for the nomination for the senate in louisia louisiana, compromise, my way or the highway. we got our title in a way from two things. one, the system always looks rambunctio rambunctious, that's how it was set up. now we have something different because it hits fundamentals where you can't solve basic problems by compromise. the second part is tom and i have been in washington immersed in our politics, from that end of capitol hill to the other end of pennsylvania avenue for 42 years and rehaven't seen it this bad. we've seen debt ceiling disputes, more than 80 votes since the 1960s. some of that were politically ridiculous. everybody posturing and playing games and flipping sides from one to the other. everybody knew in the end they were going to have the votes to make sure the full faith and credit of the united states was not challenged. now it's a regular hostage taking mechanism. at the time of a weak economy that's unacceptable. >> is this because of the influence of freshmen re
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one thing the committee was unanimous about was that it found no evidence that either rupert murdoch or james murdoch misled the committee, but what they did agree on was that three executives or former executives of news corp. misled the committee. however, more broadly the report was very critical of corporate governments at news international, and described a willful blindness on the part of the chief executive rupert murdoch about what was going on. >> international news corp. in my view any way acted as if they were above and beyond the law, and to suggest that some people have suggested that there is some sort of glass ceiling that didn't reach rupert myrrh districrupert murdoch or james murdoch in the words of the report is astonishing. >> reporter: not all committee members supported that point of view. the most controversial line in the report claimed that rupert murdoch was not fit to run a global media company. >> he's been running businesses since before i was born. he's run successful businesses and employed hundreds of thousands of people around the world. he's made a h
one thing the committee was unanimous about was that it found no evidence that either rupert murdoch or james murdoch misled the committee, but what they did agree on was that three executives or former executives of news corp. misled the committee. however, more broadly the report was very critical of corporate governments at news international, and described a willful blindness on the part of the chief executive rupert murdoch about what was going on. >> international news corp. in my...
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like bskyb. >> the committee also took aim at another murdoch executive, les hinton, former editor of "the wall street journal." they say he, too, was guilty of a willful cover-up. >> thank you very much. >>> secretary of state hillary clip tont is on her trial this morning for some high-level extstrategic talks. it's on the chinese activist who's believed to be in the hands of the u.s. diplomat. >> reporter: chen guangcheng is already threatening. the blind self-taught lawyer is probably hiding inside the u.s. embassy in beijing. neither country will confirm exactly where he is. chen's famous for exposing a government program which forced women to have abortions to conform to china's one-child policy. obama's administration has long pushed for his freedom. now top u.s. fishlgs are staying silent on his case. when askeden the activist, he woumtd mention his name. >> obviously i'm aware of the press reports on the situation in china, but i'm not going make a statement on the issue. >> reporter: secretary of state clinton also refused to comment before her flight for meetings. >> a cons
like bskyb. >> the committee also took aim at another murdoch executive, les hinton, former editor of "the wall street journal." they say he, too, was guilty of a willful cover-up. >> thank you very much. >>> secretary of state hillary clip tont is on her trial this morning for some high-level extstrategic talks. it's on the chinese activist who's believed to be in the hands of the u.s. diplomat. >> reporter: chen guangcheng is already threatening. the blind...
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murdoch purchased these papers and supported 97. the ever of the purchase is with the son of news of the world and he reckoned that political influence to be greater and his support was available in return for he thought he would get out of it and i don't mean by a deal because i see no evidence of a deal. now they might -- the view of this is the people that news international in the news international and other newspaper executives very concerned about where the leaders were the spot at between 92 and 97 but it's a more complicated set of relationships and i think that mr. murdoch enjoyed the fact that he was to put political leaders in the way that the executive papers had not because their argument is predictable. i hope that explains. estimate there are three ways that one could analyze. one is just a piece of enjoyment the third and it's the most extreme underneath it there is an expressed deal and then there's something in between. you said in return for what he thought he would or could get out of it. could i ask you to say
murdoch purchased these papers and supported 97. the ever of the purchase is with the son of news of the world and he reckoned that political influence to be greater and his support was available in return for he thought he would get out of it and i don't mean by a deal because i see no evidence of a deal. now they might -- the view of this is the people that news international in the news international and other newspaper executives very concerned about where the leaders were the spot at...
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lawmakers went on to say rupert murdoch is "not a fit and proper person to run a major international company." the findings could prompt british regulators to force murdoch to sell his controlling stake in b sky b, british sky broadcasting. >> that is the no the end of that story you can bet today. >>> may day protests happening today all over the world. marches and global demonstrations calling for better working conditions, more jobs and higher wages. workers strike in california is shutting down the golden gate ferry. officials say the service will start at 2:15 this morning. >> look at the surveillance video of two men setting fire to a bar in houston, then barric e barricading the door. the customers are still inside. one of the suspects surrendered after seeing himself on tv. houston police say he won't give them the name of his accomplice. everyone managed to escape the april 19th fire through another exit. >> former imf chief dom nie dominique strauss-kahn will decide whether he'll face charges. >>> betty white rocks the vote with a brand new campaign ad. betty white, love he
lawmakers went on to say rupert murdoch is "not a fit and proper person to run a major international company." the findings could prompt british regulators to force murdoch to sell his controlling stake in b sky b, british sky broadcasting. >> that is the no the end of that story you can bet today. >>> may day protests happening today all over the world. marches and global demonstrations calling for better working conditions, more jobs and higher wages. workers strike...
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what do observers in london think the impact of this will be on rupert murdoch and his mammoth media empire? >> well, we have to see what happens in the criminal trial and whether they are actually found guilty of these charges. one thing it really points out, joe, is the aftermath of this scandal continued to unfold in the country. you have several different prongs of inquiry and investigations. you have the levinson inquiry, the wider look into politics and this country as a whole. the criminal investigation and there could still be more criminal charges. this is about a cover-up. still are pending charges on hacking as well as bribery of police officials. and then you also have the parliamentary report which was released a couple of weeks ago that declared rupert murdoch unfit to lead his corporation. his shareholders disagree. they say that's basically a partisan report. this continues to unfold. and the headlines continue to appear in papers here and that could only just chip away at image -- at rupert murdoch's image. >> finally, stephanie, the most important question. has lond
what do observers in london think the impact of this will be on rupert murdoch and his mammoth media empire? >> well, we have to see what happens in the criminal trial and whether they are actually found guilty of these charges. one thing it really points out, joe, is the aftermath of this scandal continued to unfold in the country. you have several different prongs of inquiry and investigations. you have the levinson inquiry, the wider look into politics and this country as a whole. the...
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rich luger lost to a fellow named murdoch. nebraska saw a flood of money from groups like the club for growth and jim demints conservative fund however those groups didn't back fisher the winner. instead fisher benefitsed from last minute endorsements including slin and an infusion of money from a super pac including joel rickenes who owns the cubs in chicago. that super club you with the p ut out two ads supporting fish per whap does this tell us about the post sit generals # zens united world is it one thing that man can commit with influence on campaigns thanks to his money? brian baker is called the ending spending action fund. and daniela gibbs is a democratic strategist and vice president for the center of american progress. we have been very tough on this show. we, me, everybody here, doesn't like the idea in the democracy that somebody with big daddy war bucks money can come in at the last minute dump a tremendous amount of money especially in a case calling themselves nonprofits and turn the direction of a democracy b
rich luger lost to a fellow named murdoch. nebraska saw a flood of money from groups like the club for growth and jim demints conservative fund however those groups didn't back fisher the winner. instead fisher benefitsed from last minute endorsements including slin and an infusion of money from a super pac including joel rickenes who owns the cubs in chicago. that super club you with the p ut out two ads supporting fish per whap does this tell us about the post sit generals # zens united world...
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murdoch's main argument to gop voters was that lugar, a moderate, too often supported president obama's agenda. murdoch openly advocates confrontation over compromise. >> what i said and continue to believe, certainly, is one side or the other must prevail and i'm hoping this candaidacy will help move the republican party forward to become a permanent majority. >> lugar's loss is the latest blow to the center in an increasingly polarized senate and half a dozen other moderates are retiring this year, that after several were toppled by tea-party backed candidates four years ago. >> as you look across the country, republicans like you who have lost in republican primaries have lost in many respects because they've done too much reaching out across the aisle. does that concern you? >> of course, it concerns me that people don't understand the legislative process. some people say well, we do understand it and by golly, we're going to wait until we have majorities in both houses, the white house, whether it's two years, four years, six years, but the country has to keep going in the meanwhil
murdoch's main argument to gop voters was that lugar, a moderate, too often supported president obama's agenda. murdoch openly advocates confrontation over compromise. >> what i said and continue to believe, certainly, is one side or the other must prevail and i'm hoping this candaidacy will help move the republican party forward to become a permanent majority. >> lugar's loss is the latest blow to the center in an increasingly polarized senate and half a dozen other moderates are...
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this is how richard murdoch put it to me on the issue of connell. >> they get a few more conservatives, we can change that and not necessarily the people, but at least give the senate leadership a more conservative point of view because they have more in the caucus. i never had the occasion to talk about him. >> if they don't want that in november, does he normally need the conference? up with the first real leadership fight with the top spot in years. the fight over gay marriage showed no sign of slowing down on sunday's talk shows and church pulpits who were among african-americans. will the president's position hurt them with voters in november? south carolina congressman and leader james cli born. good morning and good monday morning. >> good morning. how are you in. >> i'm okay. first where are you on gay marriage number one and number two, what did you hear sunday from the pulpit? >> well, thank you so much for having me. first of all, i have evolved to a point of marriage equality. i have not always been there. i grew up as a fundamentalist christian and i grew up with that indo
this is how richard murdoch put it to me on the issue of connell. >> they get a few more conservatives, we can change that and not necessarily the people, but at least give the senate leadership a more conservative point of view because they have more in the caucus. i never had the occasion to talk about him. >> if they don't want that in november, does he normally need the conference? up with the first real leadership fight with the top spot in years. the fight over gay marriage...
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murdoch and what he had to say earlier tonight. >> dress yesterday, when elected a socialist. there are those in the administration and on the left side of the democratic party that were cheering that, but we will not stand for that in indiana because barack obama is not going to win. >> your opponent is not a tea party year. do you agree with that assessment? >> all you have to look at is the fact that he has called for more division, partisanship, actually spent over $3 million of taxpayer money to force a liquidation of chrysler. the american automobile industry has been one of the great success stories of all time. his actions are directly against the very things we stand for. that is why we will have success in the fall. >> do you want president obama to campaign if you in indiana? >> if you remember back in early 2009, the first place he came after he was elected with to elkhart, indiana. he came because he wanted to talk to people about their challenges. i was there. anytime the president wants to come to indiana and talk to us in here about our views and make the count
murdoch and what he had to say earlier tonight. >> dress yesterday, when elected a socialist. there are those in the administration and on the left side of the democratic party that were cheering that, but we will not stand for that in indiana because barack obama is not going to win. >> your opponent is not a tea party year. do you agree with that assessment? >> all you have to look at is the fact that he has called for more division, partisanship, actually spent over $3...
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you look at murdoch in indiana just beat dick lugar. this is money that says we need more confrontation in washington. i argue the opposite. we are at a point in the history of the country where people that profoundly disagree will have to sit in the room with calculators, do math, and do what leaders have always done in this country, which is move us forward. >> how does an extension of the debate that occurred last summer on the deficit, the debt ceiling, how does that help the republican nominee, if it repeats? >> because that really does, because it is such a marked contrast to barack obama being seen as a big government liberal. and i think that's the -- donny, if i'm president obama, and i'm trying to figure out how to change perceptions between today and election day, i've got to get that off of my back. >> yeah. >> i've got to. i personally think the president should go before congress and tell them to pass, you know, simpson bowles. do other big things. whether with republicans or not. but how do you get that off your back? >>
you look at murdoch in indiana just beat dick lugar. this is money that says we need more confrontation in washington. i argue the opposite. we are at a point in the history of the country where people that profoundly disagree will have to sit in the room with calculators, do math, and do what leaders have always done in this country, which is move us forward. >> how does an extension of the debate that occurred last summer on the deficit, the debt ceiling, how does that help the...
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richard lugar lost to tea party favorite richard murdoch. lugar has been in the senate since 1977. >>> president obama won tuesday's democratic primary in west virginia with 57% of the vote getting 42% keith judd. who is keith judd? he's a man serving time in federal prison in texas. and the results mean judd is eligible for at least one delegate at the democratic convention this summer. who would have thought. >>> 6:06. nearly two million federal employees, many of them in our area are about to be asked a personal question by uncle sam. are you gay or are you straight. the office of personnel management is offering the survey to federal workers. it will ask them about strength and weaknesses of their department. opm hope it is will help managers across the board and gay rights activists actually support the survey. >> when discrimination might be happening in the work force, when teams might not be functioning as well as they could because there could be some discrimination. >> opm denied our request for an interview but in a statement the
richard lugar lost to tea party favorite richard murdoch. lugar has been in the senate since 1977. >>> president obama won tuesday's democratic primary in west virginia with 57% of the vote getting 42% keith judd. who is keith judd? he's a man serving time in federal prison in texas. and the results mean judd is eligible for at least one delegate at the democratic convention this summer. who would have thought. >>> 6:06. nearly two million federal employees, many of them in...
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it's a major line of attack for gop opponent richard murdoch. >> when he is seen and identified as the president's favorite republican among indiana republicans, that is not necessarily worn as a badge of honor. he has spent millions in this race to oust lugar. unlike republican senators toppled by the tea party two years ago, lugar had tried to attack right and protect himself. he didn't. >> i thought carefully about each of the votes that i cast. i believe they were the right votes for america, and the right votes for hoosiers. >> reporter: it's been a plus for some voters. >> i like the fact that senator lugar isn't a strict party person. if he believes in be something, he'll cross over. >> reporter: each lugar's detractors respect him. signs say retire, not fire. >> some voting against him react this way. >> you were just talking to senator lugar. >> yes. >> reporter: did you vote for him? >> no. the first time i didn't vote for him. >> reporter: that was a long pause there. >> i hated to depart. >> reporter: now, of course, if senator lugar is defeated tonight the tea party and te
it's a major line of attack for gop opponent richard murdoch. >> when he is seen and identified as the president's favorite republican among indiana republicans, that is not necessarily worn as a badge of honor. he has spent millions in this race to oust lugar. unlike republican senators toppled by the tea party two years ago, lugar had tried to attack right and protect himself. he didn't. >> i thought carefully about each of the votes that i cast. i believe they were the right...
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contest that we've seen really going on now for two years but we've seen it recently in the lugar versus murdoch contest, which is how strong are these kind of anti-establishment sentiments in the particularly the republican electorate? we see this in the democratic electorate, too. how much are people going to penalize incumbents not on ideological grounds about a general sense, you've been up there too long, time for a change. >> one of the issues is, and this is a big issue, of course, in texas, immigration. and the tea party candidate attacking due hurst for allegedly supporting amnesty. >> that's right. although more complicated politics in texas certainly rick perry, for instance, popular texas governor, though they didn't do well in the presidential contest, has a more kind of dovish, tolerant approach on immigration. so probably no state in the country are the politics of immigration as kind of treacherous for candidates to navigate as in texas. >> what about the endorsers, sarah palin in particular? he's taking interesting positions supporting orrin hatch against a tea party challenger
contest that we've seen really going on now for two years but we've seen it recently in the lugar versus murdoch contest, which is how strong are these kind of anti-establishment sentiments in the particularly the republican electorate? we see this in the democratic electorate, too. how much are people going to penalize incumbents not on ideological grounds about a general sense, you've been up there too long, time for a change. >> one of the issues is, and this is a big issue, of course,...
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consider these words of wisdom from indiana state treasurer richard murdoch who championed dick lugar at the indiana senate primary tuesday. >> i certainly think that bipartisanship ought to consist of the democrats coming to the republican point of view. we entered this campaign wanting to be a voice and hoping to give more of a national voice to the idea that republicans and more specifically conservatives would be in the majority of the house of the senate, and a republican in the white house. by that partisanship means they have to come our way. >> you cannot get any clearer than that. and to be honest, most of us only want moderates on the other side of the aisle. on our side we want fighters and pushovers on the other side, but in a diverse democracy governing requires compromise as senator lugar said in the concession speech this week. partisan groups have worked to make it as difficult as possible for a legislator of either party to hold independent views and to continue to compromise, and if that continues, we will have see a our government will remain mired in dysfunction. a
consider these words of wisdom from indiana state treasurer richard murdoch who championed dick lugar at the indiana senate primary tuesday. >> i certainly think that bipartisanship ought to consist of the democrats coming to the republican point of view. we entered this campaign wanting to be a voice and hoping to give more of a national voice to the idea that republicans and more specifically conservatives would be in the majority of the house of the senate, and a republican in the...
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36-year senate veteran is trying to slow the momentum of a tea party-supported challenger, richard murdoch. could lugar really lose by double digits? also tomorrow, wisconsin democrats will select governor scott walker's challenger for the june recall election. milwaukee mayor tom barrett appears to be the front-runner in tuesday's vote. walker beat barrett just 19 months ago in the 2010 general election. we didn't even bring up north carolina's gubernatorial primary tomorrow. who's going to run with tomorrow for the governor's race down there in a battleground state that's going to matter? anyway, lots of stuff going on our. our political panel will be here next, but fist, the white house soup of the day. and this is one i don't think we've ever seen on the menu before, chuppino. it's an italian-style fish stew. good for them. i have no idea why today they picked it. you would think today would be a french day or a greek day. you're watching "the daily rundown," only on msnbc. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em, with roundup extended contr
36-year senate veteran is trying to slow the momentum of a tea party-supported challenger, richard murdoch. could lugar really lose by double digits? also tomorrow, wisconsin democrats will select governor scott walker's challenger for the june recall election. milwaukee mayor tom barrett appears to be the front-runner in tuesday's vote. walker beat barrett just 19 months ago in the 2010 general election. we didn't even bring up north carolina's gubernatorial primary tomorrow. who's going to...
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. >> i must have misunderstood james murdoch said he implied that you but i might be --, news editor of news of world how extensively did you work with private detectives? >> i think on the and, when i was editor of "the news of the world" as you know i came before this committee at just as i came editor of "the sun" and in relation to privacy and the operation motorman as it was called. back then we answered extensively questions about the use of private detectives across fleet street. as you know a chart was published of which, i can't remember whether "news of the world" was on it. i think it was fourth. i think "the sun" on the table was below take a break magazine but, certainly, top five was observer, the guardian, "news of the world" and "the daily mail". >> can i just interrupt. i declare i used to work for the "observer". not on the top four. >> top six perhaps. >> four instances. >> it was on the table. >> just to answer my question, you extensively worked with private investigators is that the answer? >> no, what i said was, that the use of private detectives in the late '
. >> i must have misunderstood james murdoch said he implied that you but i might be --, news editor of news of world how extensively did you work with private detectives? >> i think on the and, when i was editor of "the news of the world" as you know i came before this committee at just as i came editor of "the sun" and in relation to privacy and the operation motorman as it was called. back then we answered extensively questions about the use of private...
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speaking of networks, did you see rupert murdoch is not fit to run an international company. what do you think of that whole story? >> i think it's appalling, to hack into people's lines, just shocking. >> and he still runs the network, i understand. >> yeah. >> interesting. i was looking at a piece in "politico," because i love the stuff that you work on, i was reading this policeco peace. members of congress. this job sucks. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> they the public hates them as they head for the exiting this year, many say the prestigious job of being a congressman sucks now. there are a lot of people retiring this year. >> there are a lot of people retiring, and the environment is unfortunately become very poisonous and it's hard. the way i keep seeing it is instead of focusing on the large range of things that can't get done, i focus on the narrower range of things that can get done. within of the things that i enjoy frankly about the intelligence committee is it is the least partisan committee on the hill. and that's probably because they aren't public in part. s
speaking of networks, did you see rupert murdoch is not fit to run an international company. what do you think of that whole story? >> i think it's appalling, to hack into people's lines, just shocking. >> and he still runs the network, i understand. >> yeah. >> interesting. i was looking at a piece in "politico," because i love the stuff that you work on, i was reading this policeco peace. members of congress. this job sucks. [ nbc "nightly news"...
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in which he basically said that it was time for both candidates, both senator lugar and richard murdoch, the state treasurer, to up their game. but they dispense with the bickering and resident issues and taxes and murdoch's attendance at meetings, and just lay out their agenda for the future on things like fiscal policy, and for policy, health care, and et cetera. i think it will be interesting to see in the coming weeks -- the final weeks of the campaign, the senator really does run fully and aggressively as statesmen of the senate. let me just stop there. i would be glad to take any questions. i ask for any confidence comments too, on the campaign. >> thanks very much. [applause] [applause] >> questions from anyone? >> if you will go to the microphone, that would be great. thank you. >> when did you actually start on this project specifically? about five years ago, was that? >> i started in the fall 2006. my first trip of with the senator was in the fall 2006 period in which it is running unopposed. to just show you how the political world shifts, at that time, he was running unoppos
in which he basically said that it was time for both candidates, both senator lugar and richard murdoch, the state treasurer, to up their game. but they dispense with the bickering and resident issues and taxes and murdoch's attendance at meetings, and just lay out their agenda for the future on things like fiscal policy, and for policy, health care, and et cetera. i think it will be interesting to see in the coming weeks -- the final weeks of the campaign, the senator really does run fully and...
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murdoch in march, 2003. are you able to tackle any light on those? >> i'm sorry, mr. j, i'm not. i think i was vaguely aware that they'd taken place, but it's quite i think hard to get across to those who were not involved in the pace of events at that time. i mean, i -- of the beginning of march, on the fifth or sixth of march, i went off to new york for what turned out to be the last of the series of security council meetings, and then after that, yes have got back on the saturday, i guess between then which would have been the eighth of march and the 17th when the cabinet made its decision to go to war mike holden plame was spent trying to get support of the security council for a second resolution and frankly i -- mr. blair was talking on the telephone was neither here or there unless it was about getting support for the second resolution. >> how important was it politically to get a newspaper on the side because the public was convinced? >> it was important to have the newspaper on the side and my recollection is the news international papers were not the only papers that we
murdoch in march, 2003. are you able to tackle any light on those? >> i'm sorry, mr. j, i'm not. i think i was vaguely aware that they'd taken place, but it's quite i think hard to get across to those who were not involved in the pace of events at that time. i mean, i -- of the beginning of march, on the fifth or sixth of march, i went off to new york for what turned out to be the last of the series of security council meetings, and then after that, yes have got back on the saturday, i...
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enquiry into media ethics it started last july, to investigate the phone hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch and his news of the world publication. news corp. is the parent company of fox 5. >>> san franciscos golden gate bridge is 75 years old. thousands flocked to the bridge yesterday to celebrate the famous span which included a fireworks show. since it opened in 1937, more than 2 billion vehicles have crossed the bridge. it was named a of the golden gate straights, the entrance from the pacific oceanment look at that. >>> 25 years ago i was in college, they opened the golden gate bridge for the 50th anniversary and i got to walk across it with a million of my best friends. >> can i admit and confess i have never seen it in person. >> gorgeous. >> well, we will all go some time. >> on vacation. >> let's do it together. >> love to. >> like an hour. >> all right. >> looking right to your weather maps because i want to mention we have tropical storm beryl which continues to work inland. mostly just a rain maker winds down to 50 miles an hour look at that circulation looking impressive. got i
enquiry into media ethics it started last july, to investigate the phone hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch and his news of the world publication. news corp. is the parent company of fox 5. >>> san franciscos golden gate bridge is 75 years old. thousands flocked to the bridge yesterday to celebrate the famous span which included a fireworks show. since it opened in 1937, more than 2 billion vehicles have crossed the bridge. it was named a of the golden gate straights, the...
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his challenger is richard murdoch who has the backing of the tea party and a 10-point lead. scott walker's recall election comes out june 5th. the front runner is tom barrett who lost to walker in 2010, polls have the two absolutely tied. we'll be right back after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] red lobster's festival of shrimp starts now! for just $12.99, pair any two of 9 exciting shrimp creations like new barbeque glazed shrimp or crab stuffed shrimp. the crab-stuffed shrimp are awesome! [ woman ] very creamy. that's a keeper! [ woman ] shrimp skewer. [ woman #2 ] sweet, smoky. [ man ] delicious! [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] any combination just $12.99! [ woman ] so what are ya'lls favorites? [ group ] everything! [ laughter ] we're servers at red lobster. and we sea food differently. >>(narrator) gavin newsom, lieutenant governor of california, and former mayor of san francisco is coming to current tv. >>every night on cable news networks everyone's focusing on what's wrong. i want this show to move past that. i love creative people, and with all the vexing problems
his challenger is richard murdoch who has the backing of the tea party and a 10-point lead. scott walker's recall election comes out june 5th. the front runner is tom barrett who lost to walker in 2010, polls have the two absolutely tied. we'll be right back after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] red lobster's festival of shrimp starts now! for just $12.99, pair any two of 9 exciting shrimp creations like new barbeque glazed shrimp or crab stuffed shrimp. the crab-stuffed shrimp are awesome! [...
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we had the murdoch case with richard lugar being taken down. similar kind of situation. obviously senate seats are a big deal in this election because republicans want to retake the senate. what do you make of it? >> this is a big win for sarah palin. i, i don't think there is any other way to read this. sarah palin enters this race endorsing deb fisher pretty much late in the game. deb fisher has been in third place and zooms up and wins. this is not exactly at tea party versus everybody else sort of win. the attorney general, excuse me, john bruning, was the establishment candidate in this. but don stemberger, state treasurer had a lot of conservative establishment on his side. jim demint. had club for growth. had america works, tea party group. rand paul, senator mike lee. had a lot of real solid conservatives behind him. in the end deb fisher comes up and beats them all. martha: you're so right. cat gorizing this as a tea party win is not really accurate. it is a sarah palin win. and when you think about it, byron, she said, when she stepped out of the presidential r
we had the murdoch case with richard lugar being taken down. similar kind of situation. obviously senate seats are a big deal in this election because republicans want to retake the senate. what do you make of it? >> this is a big win for sarah palin. i, i don't think there is any other way to read this. sarah palin enters this race endorsing deb fisher pretty much late in the game. deb fisher has been in third place and zooms up and wins. this is not exactly at tea party versus everybody...
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richard murdoch beat lugar. he had a strong backing from the tea party but in his parting words gug ylugar warninhad a wa. he said his embrace of an unrelentings partisan mindset is irreconcilable with my philosophy of governance and my experience of what brings hults to hoosiers in the senate. he will find that unless he modifies his approach, he will achieve little as a legislator. dana, we're talking about six years ago, nobody even put up anybody against lugar. now six years later he's out. first of all, how did it happen? >> reporter: well, i think what happened is that senator lugar, all of the things he thought were the good qualities, the reasons why he should be re-elected, his seniority, the fact that he brought home the bacon with earmarks to indiana, the fact that he was willing and eager to work across the aisle on things like the supreme court justices and the fact he has such a history and experience on the international stage and foreign policy, all of those things which he xand on that he though
richard murdoch beat lugar. he had a strong backing from the tea party but in his parting words gug ylugar warninhad a wa. he said his embrace of an unrelentings partisan mindset is irreconcilable with my philosophy of governance and my experience of what brings hults to hoosiers in the senate. he will find that unless he modifies his approach, he will achieve little as a legislator. dana, we're talking about six years ago, nobody even put up anybody against lugar. now six years later he's out....
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along comes rupert murdoch. who's in charge of fox news? roger ales. >> bill: kevin, you got it. that's exactly how fox news came into existence. republican propaganda from the start. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." street. >>the leadership of high finance just doesn't get it. >>(narrator) the former governor of new york, eliot spitzer is on current tv. >>somebody somewhere can listen, record, track, gather this data. >>arrangements were made. >>(narrator) independent unflinching. >>there is a wild west quality to it that permits them to do whatever they wish. >>(narrator) and above all politically direct. >>facts are stubborn things. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your do
along comes rupert murdoch. who's in charge of fox news? roger ales. >> bill: kevin, you got it. that's exactly how fox news came into existence. republican propaganda from the start. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." street. >>the leadership of high finance just doesn't get it. >>(narrator) the former governor of new york, eliot spitzer is on current tv. >>somebody somewhere can listen, record, track, gather this data. >>arrangements...
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trying to find compromise and work toward solutions and no better example of this than what richard murdoch, the man who knocked off dick lugar, no moderate, and a real conservative and a problem solver in indiana just last week. >> he doesn't want to compromise, but you basically blame a lot of the problems right now in two individuals, newt gingrich and grover norquist. >> yea, and i think there's a lot of blame to go around. let me add that it's not like there are any angels here. neither party is blameless, but it's an 80/20 mix now and some of it goes back to what newt did to break the stranglehold the democrats had on the house of representatives in 16 years. we've got to destroy this institution in order to save it and along the way it engendered a lot of the tribal politics that we have now. marry that to the pledge. the grover norquist pledge that 95% or more of republicans in the house and senate signed and you can't solve our debt problem as simpson bowles, the gang of six in the senate and any group that tried to span the sector said must include some revenues and if you said my
trying to find compromise and work toward solutions and no better example of this than what richard murdoch, the man who knocked off dick lugar, no moderate, and a real conservative and a problem solver in indiana just last week. >> he doesn't want to compromise, but you basically blame a lot of the problems right now in two individuals, newt gingrich and grover norquist. >> yea, and i think there's a lot of blame to go around. let me add that it's not like there are any angels...